Spin casting reel



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2,798,679 Patented July 9, I957 hoe SPIN CASTING REEL Benjamin F; Grosh,Portland, Oreg. v Application November 23,1953, Serial; No, 393,851

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h s i v ti to pinlcasting reelsn :1 spin wcastingqthe;

'thetake-up or winding, operation.

Anotheradvantz lge of thej present -inventi vision of a spinfcastingreel wherein the sp i all times a the same position wwithirespeetrodyand yet theilinewmay he *spun Q hnother obijectjo fq tlie preseninventio 1 a spin casting reel wherein the me will the fisherman: withthe means @for i instantaneously releajs :It is a further objectof thepres entinventidnto 1'0 releasable guide means which t Applicant hasfound that it quite imposs ble to secure trouble-free casts -with spincastingwreels unless it is associated with andwound by a cooperatingintegrated {relates to ,fishing reels 3 and particularly level-windmechanism, cantilever mounted in the same manner as the spool itself.

It is another object 'of'the present invention to provide a level-windmechanism mounted to operate in a cantilevered, supported tube. i 3 iFurther objects arelto providea construction-of maximum simplicity,economy andease of manufactureyand,

also, such further objects, advantages and capabilities tas will morefully appear and as;are,inherently-wpossessed by the-deviceandinventiondescribed herein.

The invention further resides-tinsthe combination, con- .gtrtrction andarrangement of ,parts illustratedinsthet-ac :towardtthc operitend--cornpany-ing two sheets of drawings, and, while there lis ,showntherein a preferred embodiment andtwo variations thereof, it is to beunderstood that the sameuis merely illustrative of :the invention andthat the invention is capable of modification and change .andcompre'hends other details of constructionlwithout departing from thespirit thereof orthe scope of the appended claims.

:, Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is. a top plan view (of the spin casting reelof .the presentinvention with the horizontal broken line trepsenting the axis of thefishing rod in normal relation.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the reel looking toward the, open end ofthe spool. t I Figure 3 is an enlarged detail showing: the guide bookmechanismtor theiline and its release, takenlon the line :I II- I=II ofFigure 1 and looking in the direction of the ;=Figure4 isa fragmentarysectioned detail takenon the llinetI;\ HIV=,of Figure 1. t

tit-the trelease mean? tor11theyspintcasting igure 8 ;;is end}blevat'ionalyviewuqf th spin cad ,iteeli :vwith thei srnodified hook andrelea m -Eiguref9lis ankenla ed sectional vlew release, means rshownuide and release means s hownf partly f' landwpartlyl in verticalsection.

line retainer shown :in f Figure 1 1, Ibnt in si e {elevati mounted forrotation on the gearhousingv lfi so thaLthe axis 23 of the spool is atright angles to the center line of the fishing rod indicated at 17. Thespool :18 -is provided, as is conventional, with an innerfhead 24 and anouter-head 25. As shown in Figure 1, the fishing 1ine2'6 is woundtangentially onthespool 18 between the inner 'faces of the inner head 24and the-outer head 25. The outer head ZShasits perimeter rounded and soshaped as to facilitate the passage of the line 26 thereover, no-mat-'ter-from what position on the spool the line is beingpayed out. It willbe noted that the spool 18 is cantilever mounted so that the outer end,including head 25, is;fre e around its entire circumference topermit the1ine 26 to FignreHIZisgan enl rged detail of the guideihook and t vFigure 1 3 is an enlargeddetailintopfplanitakenqii fe 1 I July 9, 1957 IT. B. FARRINGTON ETAL- 2,798,680 .LOWERING HANGER WITH CONSTANT TENSIONFiled July 5, 1951 2 sheetssSheet 1 ATTORiE

